Velkommen to the
Ringerike - Drammen Districts
Bygdelag

Links to Research Sites in Norwegian

Digitalarkivet
The Digital Archives is a public service from the National Archives of Norway. Here you can search in transcribed source material for free.

Ringerikes Museum
Ringerikes Museum er distriktsmuseum for Hole og Ringerike kommuner i Buskerud fylke. Sammen med oss finner du også Buskerud Fylkesfotoarkiv, som er ansvarlig organ for det offisielle fotobevaringsarbeidet i hele fylket.

RingeriksPorten - Three pages of photos from Honefoss

Links to Reseach Sites in English

Buskerud - Norwegian Genealogy Resources
A brief discription of Buskerud and an extensive list of links to Organizations, resources, maps, museums and genealogy query pages.

Digitised parish registers
This is a new service from The Digital Archives, offering you browsing and presentation of digitised parish registers (as images). It is an extension of the already established service from 1998 that offers you searchable databases of transcribed sources

Eigel Elsrud Emigration List
This is a list of people who emigrated to America from Ringerike in the years from 1839 to 1852. The areas in Ringerike listed are Norderhov, Hole and Aadalen. From 1839 to 1860 Aadalen is included as part of Norderhov. The Lundes and Vikers were from Aadalen.

Norwegian-American Genealogical Center
Norwegian American Genealogical Center was organized in 1974 to stimulate interest in and promote the study of Norwegian-American Genealogy by providing: Our facility holds one of the world's largest collections of materials relating to Norwegian immigration and Norwegian family history.

Vesterheim Genealogical Center/Naeseth Library became independent of Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum beginning January 1, 2007. At that time, it took on a new name, the Norwegian American Genealogical Center

Norway Heritage Passenger Lists and Emigrant
100 years of emigrant ships from Norway Find information about an emigrant ship or line. Search Trond Austheim's database of passenger ship arrivals around the world, as reported in the newspapers 1870-1894. Browse the Index of Norwegian departures 1825 - 1925:Search by emigrant names. Site also includes interesting articles and helps for newbies.

Norwegian Geographical and Administrative
General reference. Chart defining the Geographical Civil Judicial Districts Ecclesiastical

Norwegian-American Historical Association
The goal of the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA) is to locate, collect, preserve and interpret the Norwegian-American part of this whole with accuracy, integrity, and liveliness. In doing so, Norwegian Americans will have an identifiable position in America's past, present, and future.The NAHA Archives can be a rich resource of information for family historians and genealogists.

Promise of America-Norwegian Emigration to America, 1825-2000
This bilingual, multimedia website features a representative selection of Norwegian-American materials

Velkommen to Norway Genealogy- Norwegian family history resource
Part of the WorldGenWeb and CenEuroGenWeb. Through this web site you will find links to Norwegian bygdeboker, census, emigration, farm and parish listings, history, lookup volunteers, message (query) boards, and a variety of other useful links.

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum embodies the living heritage of Norwegian immigrants to America. Sharing this cultural legacy can inspire people of all backgrounds to celebrate tradition.

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Updated on December 30, 2007